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VOLUME 118
Issue 45
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2021
STEPPING TO THE BALL
Larsen Pocs of the Ravens has about a half-step lead over Cheyenne Mountain’s Jonny Diaz Mendoza during the teams’ state playoff game Oct. 28 in Colorado Springs. The PHOTO BY STEVE SMITH Ravens kept up with Cheyenne Mountain for most of the game, only to lose 2-0, ending their season. See the story, page 16.
Workplace, supply shortages hit 27J BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
27J Schools in Brighton aren’t exempt from the recent nationwide supply and worker shortage issues. “Over the last couple of months, we have had challenges with food service supplies and staffing,” said district spokeswoman Janelle Asmus. “We’ve been very short-staffed
with unfilled positions, such as kitchen managers, assistant kitchen managers and nutrition services workers.” There have been supply chain delays and breakdowns, too, Asmus said. “This has resulted in food shipments not meeting our needs as planned in order to feed our students who rely on school breakfast
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and lunch for daily meals,” she said. “To cope, we have had office staff fill in at various schools. We’ve shifted existing staff to meet the most urgent needs, and we’re doing our best to attract new workers and hire qualified people to join the team.” The district’s answer to supply chain problems is research in an effort to find sources other than traditional suppliers.
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“That has sometimes meant our director of nutrition services is driving to various places along the Front Range to pick up products wherever we can get them in the quantities we need,” Asmus said. “It’s also meant he’s gone to grocery stores and warehouse stores to buy food to substitute for what we had SEE 27J, P3
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